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November 18, 1949 THE SALEMITE Page Three >49 Well iacli. Phey men. 'eeks f We 5tant full hers. iSSOU ori- little lou’t 't in and 3 by I do- hods !C0g- ;hers tion. s of 'hers king the Brest itory the pro- cen- able. ;'reat has ■ am my :xed. ition ;e it. easy not our laws for ’s at the ated ‘r of car- t be not )lace Let ; be- that )ver. lears . In sub- This rrier rate, It vital rblic jray veek iliea- jr the et Balfour’s Inner Self Shown; Can Act, Sing, Or Model by GENE WATT STOKES “My mother came all the way from Florida for me to be born in Winston- Salem,” Mr. Balfour said, and I knew then that this was to be no ordinary interview. Balfour is brunette and big—so big in fact, that due to a slight masculine shortage, he makes up one-third of our male freshman class. He smoked extremely long cigarettes (“the short ones get smoke in my eyes”) and told interesting stories about himself as we sat in the sun between rehearsals of Liliom. Mr. Balfour has the title role in the play to be given by the Pierettes, but we are jumping ahead. Let us go ’way back when Balfour’s stage experience first began. Mama and Papa Balfour, content that their son first opened his eyes in N.C., went immediately back to Florida as soon as little Bryan could make the trip and there the child re mained until time for school. Grammar was uninteresting but High School was definitely otherwise. Bryan attended a boy’s prep school in Michigan where he loathed horses and adored operettas. Since there were no girls attending this school and since. Bryan had a lovely soprano voice, he invariably took the female roles in Gilbert andSullivan operettas. He was great, the audiences were greatly im pressed—until onA matinee in the Bryan Balfour middle of “Little Buttersup” his voice began to change ! “My next role,” he told me rather sadly, “was that of the pirate prince.” Bryan finished high school in Mas sachusetts and also in Massachusesst he lost his singing voice. “It’s funny,” he said, “one day I sang delightfully and the next—no voice at all.” Upon contemplating further, he added, (Continued on page four) BANNER’S Dining Room is open daily from 8 a. m. to 12 Midnight except Monday. Sizzling Steaks — Chicken Dinners Curb Service For Snacks Cali 3-5876 to make reservations for private parties The Best At Banner’s ONE BLOCK FROM SALEM SQUARE WHERE SALEM GIRLS MEET SALEM BEAUTY SHOP 102 Academy — 7238 We Invite You To Visit Our Complete COSMETIC DEPARTMENT REVLON — DU-BARRY — COTY RUBINSTEIN — MAX FACTOR — TUSSY-TABU — And Many Other Popular Lines of Cosmetics CokenxSX DRUG STORE 420 N. Trade St. COMPLETE FOUNTAIN AND LUNCHEONETTE SERVICE Jarrard Sees (continued from page five) was glad not to see Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Now a few random notes on the movie: The guards in the opening scene spoke their lines awkwardly. Gertrude seemed really happy at her first appearance. She seemed to change her character from scene to scene. I wonder if it was be cause Olivier busied himself with individual scenes in that case with out getting proper integration with the rest of the play. Hamlet’s soli loquies were excellent, particularly “0 that this too too solid flesh would melt.” Olivier did a good job of getting by the first sentence of the “To be or not to be” soli loquy, although I wish that he hadn’t screamed when he got to the lines “perchance to dream.” Ophelia’s speech to Laertes about him “treading the primrose path of dalliance” wasn’t as effective as it could have been. I wish she hadn’t spoken it so seriously. Polonius’ advice to Laertes was presented seriously, although Ophelia overdid her sisterly playfulness toward Laertes while Polonius was giving it. Ophelia was presented in a sympathetic manner for the most part. I got the idea that she went crazy because of Hamlet’s treat ment of her, or at least that that was the main cause. How could anyone not like Ophelia after she spoke those lines describing Ham let’s visit to her just after he was supposed to have gone mad ? I do not believe that Ophelia gave Ham let’s letter to Polonius, as Polonius said, Olivier must have meant to give that impression when he shows Ophelia hiding the letter, then has Polonius reading it just afterward. The entrance of the Ghost was effective. It makes one as dizzy as one probably would be if he had just seen a ghost. In the bedroom scene Gertrude screams too much. Hamlet overhears the King, Queen, and Polonius plotting to find out the cause of his madness. Ophelia is made out as an unwilling accom plice. I could see that she was un willing, why couldn’t that stupid Hamlet see it too? The “farewell, my mother” scene between the King and HamFfet is presented seri ously, not humorously as the Barter Theatre recently did. In the duel scene the Queen seemed to know that the wine was poisoned. How could she have suspected ? I have never seen a picture in which light and dark has been ex ploited so well. Some of the close- ups of Hamlet reminds me of Rem brandt’s portraits. The still life of the actor’s equipment was good but it was emphasized too much. An attempt at integration of the whole play was evident but for the most part it was still confused. Just the same, no one should miss seeiri'g it. QOWN BY PATTULLO— JEWELS BY CARTIER WITH SMOKERS WHO KNOW...ITS amels for JJ/fildness! Yes, Camels are SO MILD that in a coast- to-coast test of hundreds of men and women who smoked Camels—and only Camels—for 30 consecutive days, noted throat specialists, making weekly examinations, reported NOT ONE SINGLE CASE OF THROAT IRRITATION due to smoking CAMELS!
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